Privacy Policy

1. General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy set out below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find her contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this Privacy Policy as well as in the Legal Notice.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us (e.g., data entered into a contact form, when booking an appointment via Calendly, or sent via email, such as your name, email address, or phone number).
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data is used to handle inquiries, schedule appointments, or conduct video conferences.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. Hosting

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

The host is used for the purpose of contract fulfillment with our potential and existing customers ( art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider ( art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Host of this website:

IONOS SE

Elgendorfer Straße 57

56410 Montabaur

Data Processing Agreement (DPA):

In order to guarantee data-protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a Data Processing Agreement pursuant to art. 28 GDPR with our host.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operator of these pages takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

Information on the Responsible Party (Data Controller)

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Anna Władyka-Leittretter

Freelance Conference Interpreter & Sworn Translator

Felsenbirnenstr. 12

04329 Leipzig

Germany

Telefon: +49 176-38780507

E-Mail: info@amwl-sprachen.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a specific storage period is mentioned in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods).

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke previously granted consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing ( art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place where the alleged infringement occurred.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption.

Information, Erasure, and Rectification

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or
the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

Where processing has been restricted under paragraph 1, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the data subject’s consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

A data subject who has obtained restriction of processing pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be informed by the controller before the restriction of processing is lifted.

4. Data Collection and Services on This Website

Cookies and Device Access

Our website uses cookies.

Technically Necessary Cookies: Access/storage is based on § 25(2) No. 2 TDDDG in conjunction with art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Cookies Requiring Consent: Access/storage is based on § 25(1) TDDDG in conjunction with art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in server log files (e.g., IP address, browser type, time of request). The collection is based on art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Contact via Email, Telephone, or Contact Form

If you contact us via email, phone, or contact form, your inquiry, including all personal data arising from it (e.g., name, email address, phone number, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request.

Legal Basis: art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contractual/pre-contractual inquiries) or art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in processing inquiries).

Online Appointment Booking via Calendly

We offer you the opportunity to book appointments via our website. For online appointment scheduling, we use the service Calendly (Calendly LLC, 271 17th St NW, Ste 1000, Atlanta, GA 30363, USA).

When you schedule an appointment, you enter the required data (name, email address, phone number, desired date, and request) into the input mask. The data will be transmitted to Calendly and stored on their servers.

Legal Basis: art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract initiation/performance) as well as art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in simple appointment scheduling).
Third-Country Transfer: Relies on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) of the EU Commission and/or the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

5. Communication & Video Conferences

Video Conferences via Zoom

For conducting online meetings, video conferences, and preliminary consultations, we use Zoom (Zoom Video Communications, Inc., 55 Almaden Blvd, Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA).

When using Zoom, various types of data are processed (e.g., name, email address, profile picture, chat messages, audio, and video data).

Legal Basis: art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract/pre-contractual measures) or art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in effective communication).
Third-Country Transfer: Based on Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission and certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

6. Social Media Profiles

We maintain publicly accessible profiles in social networks (LinkedIn and Facebook) to present our services and communicate with interested parties.

Legal Basis: art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in public relations).

Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Facebook

Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

7. Plugins and Tools

Google Web Fonts (Local Hosting)

This site uses Web Fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google servers takes place.